How to register for the SQE1 and SQE2 assessments.
How to verify your ID and what you need to provide.
What the survey is, and what it covers.
If you need help or assistance to sit your assessments.
If you are a qualified lawyer, you may be eligible for an exemption.
How to book the SQE1 and SQE2 assessments.
Find out how and when to book your SQE assessments.
Upcoming assessment dates, booking windows, and test centre locations.
Find out how you can take the SQE assessments in Welsh.
Everything you need to know about sitting the SQE1 and SQE2 assessments.
The assessment specification for both FLK1 and FLK2, including annexes and sample questions.
The specification for the written and oral assessments, including annexes and sample questions.
What to expect on the assessment days and how to claim mitigating circumstances.
How to get your results, how assessments are marked, how to resit an assessment, or make an appeal.
What to expect when you get your results, and how to resit any assessments.
Read and download SQE reports.
Learn about what the SQE is, who it's for and how much it costs.
Find out what the SQE is and how it works.
Find out who's eligible to take the SQE, including exemptions.
Find out how much the SQE will cost and how you can pay for it.
Find out what candidates say about their experience of the SQE.
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The monitoring and maximising diversity survey has been updated. Please return to the survey to reconfirm your answers and complete the new section at the end.
You must do this to remain eligible for the SQE. You will not be able to book your next assessment until you have updated your answers.
We have completed the annual review of the Functioning Legal Knowledge (the FLK) for SQE1 and SQE2.
There have been no substantive changes made to the FLK. Any changes have been made by way of clarification and/or guidance and are summarised below.
Updated versions of the Assessment Specifications have been published on the SQE website (see below) to apply from 1 September 2025. However, the examinable content of the FLK will remain the same under both versions of the Assessment Specifications as there have been no substantive changes to the FLK.
The updated versions of the Assessment Specifications will apply from 1 September 2025.
The updated specifications are:
The current Assessment Specifications can be found here:
The aims were to:
Information on the process was published in January 2025.
As mentioned above, there have been no substantive changes to the FLK.
The changes made below are by way of clarification based on feedback received as part of the FLK annual review process. They do not represent a change in approach.
There have been some changes made to the SQE1 Assessment Specification as follows:
There has been one change made to the SQE2 Assessment Specification as follows:
Learn more: FLK annual review